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2015 Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia, LLC. All Rights ReservedAt Least Three People in the World are Still Wowed by PolaroidsWhen the Polaroid instant camera was introduced in 1948 it was technology that amazed.In 1958 Don Ameche blew Perry Como's mind with a Polaroid.In 1973 Arthur Fisher of Popular Science described the Polaroid SX-70 as &quot;a pocketful of miracles.&quot;Over the years the bloom fell off Polaroid's rose as smartphones and digital cameras rendered the once-jaw dropping idea of an instantly viewable photo as unexciting as the 8-track tape.But Reuters photographer Carlos Barria has now identified Polaroid's last possible market not made up of uncontacted Amazonian tribesmen:North Korea.In a piece on MSNBC's PhotoBlog Barria describes the reactions to the technology invented ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2011/09/12/at-least-three-people-in/
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:16:00 EDT